Recent content by Naitch

If you do the original Chase then you need to increase the points spread from 1-10. The original incarnation was only 45 points (or roughly 10-12 points in the current points system). It was probably the worst system for rewarding full season performance. With the exception of the winner take...

I can’t wait to see how Denny chokes in the next championship format.

This would be the year that we get a 40 car field and Denny Hamlin crashes and finishes 37th in the 500.

If you run the math, the 3-3-4 format is the fairest “postseason” format. Playoff points carry to each round so it would actually reward full season performance. For example, Kyle Busch tanked in the 2008 Chase despite leading the points all year. He would have made the Championship Four in a...

Four bros who are totally unrelated to NASCAR.

If I am remembering correctly, Lupton spun to bring out that caution.

Denny and his crew chief screwed up and choked away the championship. If you’re blaming the sanctioning body for that then you’ve lost the plot. Kyle Larson and his team made the right call and performed at the right time. This format sucks, but it’s distracting from the fact that Denny...

I went to NASCAR on NBC’s page and it is mentioned, not prominently, but it’s there.

Absolutely. The race is the product. Even FOX, who doesn’t have the playoffs, is bad at highlighting battles deep in the field.

This feels like a dishonest comparison. Jarrett entered this race 231 points over Labonte so there was no real championship battle by that point. Labonte needed Jarrett to massively screw up to make it close for Atlanta. Go back to any year with a close points battle and you’ll see an emphasis...

Sometimes I feel like I am experiencing a mass gaslighting. During the era of full season points, the broadcasters were obsessed with the championship and focused disproportionately on the championship contenders.

I am old enough to remember when NASCAR instituted the Green White Checkered rule in response to fans bitching about races ending under caution. I seem to recall people throwing seat cushions onto the track at Daytona after the Pepsi 400 ended under caution one year. Denny and his crew chief...

I feel like Jeff has aged 20 years in the last 5. Not a knock on him but seeing him now makes me feel old.

If Hamlin walks away, he cements himself as the sore leader bitch he has repeatedly shown himself to be.

I disagree I think we will agree that this format sucks. But it’s the same format everyone raced under this year.